Howard v. State

Adams; Judge,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent because I do not believe that the stop was authorized by a reasonable articulable suspicion of criminal activity.

An officer may briefly stop a vehicle to investigate only if the stop is justified by specific, articulable facts sufficient to give rise to a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct, that is, by “some objective manifestation that the person stopped is, or is about to be, engaged in criminal activity.” (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Postell v. State of Ga., 264 Ga. 249 (443 SE2d 628) (1994).

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